metaphorick (obsolete) From metaphor + -ic. <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span>) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">metaphorical</span> amphoteric...
From <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span> + -al. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛtəˈfɒɹɪkəl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɛtəˈfɔːɹɪkəl/ Hyphenation: meta‧phor‧ical <span class="searchmatch">metaphorical</span> (comparative...
metaphor, not to be taken literally <span class="searchmatch">Metaphorically</span>, he was crushed. literally as it were figuratively metonymically synecdochically in a <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span> manner...
From <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span> + -ity. <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricity</span> (usually uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricities</span>) The quality of being <span class="searchmatch">metaphorical</span>. Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricality</span>, metaphoricalness...
From <span class="searchmatch">metaphorical</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricalness</span> (uncountable) The quality of being <span class="searchmatch">metaphorical</span>. Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricality</span>, <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricity</span>, (rare) metaphoricness...
<span class="searchmatch">metaphoricities</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricity</span>...
From non- + <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span>. nonmetaphoric (not comparable) Not <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span>. nonamphoteric...
From un- + <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span>. unmetaphoric (not comparable) Not <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span>; not endowed with the quality of a metaphor He wrote simple, unmetaphoric sentences...
<span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricness</span> (uncountable) (rare) The quality of being <span class="searchmatch">metaphoric</span>. Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricality</span>, <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricalness</span>, <span class="searchmatch">metaphoricity</span> 1961...
<span class="searchmatch">metaphorics</span> (uncountable) The use of metaphor generally. atmospheric, epitrochasm...